DS Daily - 7th December 2011 |
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Safer Future Communities
Safer Future Communities is an exciting new project which will support Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations involved in community safety to adapt to the new landscape. This includes preparing for the new Police and Prime Commissioners, and other key partners and commissioners with which the Sector needs to develop relationship - Policy Briefing No 1 | DrugScope, UK
Substance Misuse Skills Consortium conference
After the success of the Consortium’s first national event, service managers, team leaders and other key treatment service staff are again invited to hear and share practical experience on how to deliver an inspirational recovery orientated workforce. 14th February 2012 9.30am - 4.30pm | Substance Misuse Skills Consortium, UK
More than 70 arrested in Manchester drugs raids
The actions of these officers were watched by more than 130 members of the community, who, in a first for GMP, were invited along so they could witness first-hand how police are putting a stop to drugs activity in their neighbourhood | Greater Manchester Police, UK
Yes patients want abstinence - but from what and when?
In its aftermath came a new national focus on abstinence-based recovery, but now the interpretation of an influential Scottish finding that most drug treatment patients want to become abstinent has been contested by one of the authors of the original paper | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Clacton to get SOS mobile unit for late night revellers
It is hoped the service will relieve pressure on police and ambulance crews as well as nearby hospitals | BBC, UK
Devon and Cornwall Police 'crying' brain alcohol warning
The "Don't leave your brain at home" campaign includes two videos which will be screened in pubs and clubs in the lead up to Christmas and New Year | BBC, UK
Convicted drugs trader loses profits
An international criminal currently serving a 28-year prison sentence for trafficking more than a tonne of Class A and Class B drugs was today ordered to hand over more than £800,000 in illicit profits | SOCA, UK
Tesco trials screens ahead of ban on tobacco display
Tesco is gearing up for next year's tobacco display ban by trialling screens across the front of tobacco kiosks | The Grocer, UK
Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review
Tobacco is the biggest culprit, causing 23% of cases in men and 15.6% in women, says the Cancer Research UK report | BBC, UK
Survey on our upcoming three year (2013–15) strategy
We think that learning more at the outset of this exercise about the expectations of civil society will help the agency to define better its medium- to long-term direction | EMCDDA
Half of psychiatric admissions have a drug problem
Specialists at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork examined the clinical notes of 100 people admitted to the hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit | Irish Examiner
Health experts criticise move not to raise excise on alcohol
The Government’s decision not to increase excise duty on alcohol has been strongly criticised by health experts, but welcomed by the alcohol industry | Irish Examiner
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner’s Guide
A new alcohol screening tool that focuses on two key questions is designed to help pediatricians spot children and adolescents at risk for alcohol-related problems | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA
What consumers are using now
EDRS Bulletin December 2011: What consumers are using now: which drug is on top? Feasibility study of regular stimulant users - Download | NDARC, Australia
Hospitals despair at alcohol toll
Alcohol abuse is saddling the health system with "entirely avoidable costs" and causing despair among staff who pick up the pieces, Wellington's health sector leaders say | Stuff.co, New Zealand
UN-appointed expert urges Vietnam to close down rehab centers for drug users
A United Nations-appointed expert is urging Vietnam’s government to close down rehabilitation centers for drug users and sex workers following criticism of abuses by an international rights group, calling them “counterproductive.” | Washington Post, USA
Drug World
December 2011